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Here's What Happens if You Drop Surface Like It's Hot [VIDEO]

We're learning more and more about Surface, Microsoft's head-first dive into the tablet wars. Last week we got the price, availability, model options and even some details about what it's like to touch the device.

However, a grand tour of the super-secret R&D facilities in Redmond, Washington, where Microsoft cooked up much of the magic that's inside this 1.5 lb. slab, left me with some extra special memories.

In the brief video above, Microsoft showed a collection of tech journalists, including yours truly, what happens when you drop a Windows RT-running Surface tablet from 36-inches high onto a hardwood surface.

Adding a little drama to the proceedings, Microsoft asked us to don goggles and then placed the Surface tablet inside a special, enclosed chamber, which is actually designed to conduct drop tests. Microsoft Windows Lead Steven Sinofsky also turned on the Surface's 720p-shooting front camera to film the entire experience.

If you look closely, you'll see my grinning face staring at the Surface, just before it plummets to the ground.

Microsoft chose this and other feats of strength demonstrations to prove just how rugged the VaporMG (molded magnesium) body really is.

We watched the tablet drop hard on one of its corners, but sustain no visible damage. It even kept on filming.

Do durability tests like this make you want the Surface more? Have any of you ever dropped your iPad from three feet high? How did it hold up? Reveal all in the comments.

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